“and the Southwest bakes during increasingly severe and prolonged droughts, epidemics like cocoliztli will doubtless return. “Sooner or later, a new virus will emerge from animals, from the desert, for which we don’t have any vaccine [or] drugs,” said Acuña-Soto.… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
Epidemics, like disasters, have a way of revealing underlying truths about the societies they impact. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image